The ianVisits guide to cheap and free things to do in London on Thursday 25th March.


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Top events in London on Thu 25th Mar 2021

The plague and Great Fire are well known, but what other disasters and seminal reversals did Londoners face?
2021-03-25
6:25pm to 7:45pm
 

Online events / webinars

Professor Shusaku Kanazawa will talk about the peculiarity of Britain in terms of charity through the lens of some Japanese observers in the 19th and 20th centuries.
12pm to 1pm
 
This talk will focus on May's beautiful designs and completed embroideries, demonstrating why she should be regarded as one of the most significant artists of the arts and crafts movement.
3pm to :
 
Dr Erin Spinney reveals the history of Black nurses before Florence Nightingale in the annual History of Nursing Forum Lecture.
6pm to 7:30pm
 
Social Historian Carol Harris will look at the first children to enter the Foundling Hospital, and what their reception meant for them and for their mothers.
6:30pm to 7:30pm
 
A lecture by Professor Frances Spalding CBE on the personal friendship and creative collaborations of poet, architectural commentator and broadcaster Sir John Betjeman and artist John Piper.
6:30pm to 7:30pm
 
A lecture by artist and researcher Ibby Lanfear on the history and significance of the seventeenth century portrait collection at the Charterhouse.
7pm to 8pm
 
A presentation by the Chair of the Independent Expert Advisory Panel into the Grenfell Tower fire.
7pm to :
 
Librarians Andrea Del Corno and Tudor Allen explore the rich historical legacy of the city's lost Italian quarter.
7pm to :
 
From cigars and snuff to Art Deco Egyptian splendour
7pm to 8pm
 

 

Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon

Crocodile Cradle
An exhibition that can be seen through the gallery window while it's shut.
Crocodile Cradle
All Day
Islington
Closing soon Sun, 18th April
2021-03-21
2021-04-18
3 works by Naomi Blake FRBS
The Royal Society of Sculptors is showcasing the work of Naomi Blake FRBS with an outdoor exhibition on the sculpture terrace.
3 works by Naomi Blake FRBS
All Day
South Kensington
Closing soon Sun, 6th June
2021-03-17
2021-06-06

Exhibitions opening soon


What's on in London

Walking tours of London on Thursday 25th March 2021

Follow the trail left by monks and monarchs, press barons and literary giants along the highway and down its twisting alleyways.
 11am to 12:30pm
 
 City of London
2021-03-25
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A walk that explores the very heart of the City – the most historic part of the capital.
 11am to 1pm
 
 City of London
2021-03-25
2021-03-25
This Magical Mystery Tour is a chance to “Imagine” Beatlemania and the Swinging 60s.
 11am to 1pm
 
 Bloomsbury
2021-03-25
2021-03-25
A guided walk around Westminster and get to see the hidden and ever so picturesque Georgian back streets where all the political salons are
 2pm to 4pm
 
 Whitehall
2021-03-25
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